Previously funded faculty, staff and students will present their findings for advancing health for humans, animals and the ecosystem in Wisconsin and across the world. The Colloquium will feature recipients of GHI’s Seed Grants and Graduate Student Research Awards. The event is free and open to all. A light lunch will be provided. Reserve your …
The UW Global Infectious Disease Working Group welcomes two national researchers to present their work at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at the AIDS Vaccine Research Lab, 555 Science Drive. 2:00 p.m. Dr. Jens Kuhn. virology lead at the NIH/NIAID Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., presents “Demystifying “Ebola” …
Global Health certificate holders share "Miracle of the Moringa."
Listening to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy address the World Health Organization’s executive board, Jonathan Patz, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute, could see his work coming full circle. Although he was a guest listening to McCarthy’s Jan. 29 presentation in Geneva, Patz was front and center 18 years ago …
Learn how Afghan rug-weaving and other fair trade initiatives alleviate poverty and empower women. The event is part of the Woven Gardens of Hope Exhibition: Afghan Women’s Carpets sponsored by the Ruth Davis Design Gallery and the School of Human Ecology.
To many of us, flying into Liberia at the height of the Ebola epidemic would spell only danger. For Dr. Hannah Kirking, a Badger twice over and an epidemic intelligence service officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a month among villagers in Grand Cape Mount County was a chance to embody the …
Five teams delivered their visions of novel approaches to help society reduce or cope with climate change and its effects at the Climate Quest Finale.
Dr. Keith Martin, physician, former member of Canadian Parliament, activist, to address the Global Health Symposium 2015.
The Climate Quest finalists present their prototypes for climate change solutions in their bid for the grand prize during the Climate Quest Finale. Each team will give a 30-minute presentation followed by question from a panel of distinguished judges. Maggie Grabow, a GHI postdoctoral researcher, is part of the “Mindful Climate Action” team. Their project …
James Schauer, professor in the College of Engineering and a GHI Advisory member, presents “Air Pollution and Sustainable Cities: Implications for Transportation, Energy, Buildings and Industry.” Throughout the world, air pollution is a leading contributor to the burden of disease and has large societal and economic costs. Although the effects of air pollution on health are …